Mysuru: South Western Railway (SWR) has decided to run Suvidha Special trains to clear extra rush of passengers during Deepavali festival as detailed below: Train No. 82659 / 82660 Mysuru – Vijayapura – Mysuru Suvidha Special: Train No. 82659 Mysuru – Vijayapura Suvidha Special will depart from Mysuru at 16:45 hrs on 25.10.2019 (Friday) and…
Mysuru: In separate cases, an 83-year-old man is among two persons missing from city. In the first case, 83-year-old Krishnamurthy has gone missing from Oct.20 from his residence in Lakshmipuram Police Station limits in city. He is 5.4 ft. tall, wheatish complexioned, round face, normal built, speaks Kannada and was wearing a white shirt and…
Mysuru: Miscreants have decamped with Rs.14 lakh kept in a car after breaking the glass window at Yeraganahalli in city. The person, who lost the money, is Harish, a resident of Mandya. Harish, after receiving Rs.20 lakh from his friend had come to his father-in-law’s house at Yeraganahalli here. After taking out Rs.6 lakh from…
Made to run around three Police Stations; complaint filed finally at 10.30 pm Mysore: A 61-year-old Tourist Guide was waylaid, robbed, brutally stabbed and assaulted by a gang of four criminals in the wee hours of yesterday. Sadly, the bleeding victim was made to run around three Police Stations to register a complaint. Finally, the…
Mysore: The Road between View Point and Nandi Statue atop Chamundi Hill has been temporarily closed for vehicular traffic from this morning as a portion of the Hill caved in yesterday. Vehicles have been asked to take regular route to reach Chamundeshwari Temple and alternative Road to Nandi Statue. A portion of Chamundi Hill along…
Mysore: In a huge victory to environmentalists and conservationists, the Karnataka High Court yesterday asked the Indian Railways and the Ministry of Railways to seek environment-related clearances before commissioning two rail projects in Kodagu — Mysuru-Kushalnagar line and the Thalassery-Mysuru Railway Line. The High Court Bench, led by Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka, gave these…
Activists welcome MLA G.T. Devegowda’s stand to resurvey historic canal Mysuru: Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) has urged the elected representatives and residents to save the iconic Kukkarahalli Lake and clear encroachment on Dewan Poornaiah Canal. MGP members, under the banner of Kukkarahalli Ulisi Andolan, has welcomed Chamundeshwari MLA G.T. Devegowda’s (GTD) announcement of redoing the…
Mysuru: The Dewan Poornaiah Canal is the main feeder Canal that brings fresh water to the Kukkarahalli Lake. Of the original length of 22-km, only 4-km remains today, thanks to unscientific approach towards the development of layouts and lack of concern for the environment. Speaking to Star of Mysore this morning, Naturalist U.N. Ravikumar, who…
Attacks two villagers; gores to death two cows To be captured and sent to Sakkrebailu Camp Gundlupet: A radio-collared wild tusker from Tamil Nadu attacked two persons, including a farmer and a villager on the outskirts of Bandipur Tiger Reserve yesterday. The injured — Siddaiah and Swamy from Hangala village in Gundlupet taluk — have…
Mysuru: In the MCC Council Meeting post Dasara, Corporators, cutting across party lines, took the officials to task by unitedly raising the issues of potholed roads and drinking water woes in city. With Corporators targeting the officials, MCC Commissioner Gurudatta Hegde said that a total of 32 work orders were issued to repair potholes at…
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